term prospects also give me real hope. we're in the midst of a domestic energy boom that's going to fuel the u.s. for years to come. that all depends on america playing it's cards right and for that we need a deal on the fiscal cliff. thank you for joining us on the conversation on "your money." have a great weekend. >>> hello, thank you for joining us. i'm allison cossack, fredericka whitfield is off. president and house speaker john boehner met today at the white house. we're not getting details yet as to how those negotiations went, except to stay that the lines of communications remained open. both sides of the fiscal cliff negotiations are much closer than you may think despite what law makes say publicly. jackie calms of the "new york times" picked up on something that lawmaker tim cole said recently. >> the republicans should just declare victory and taking the 98% of the tax cuts that they agree on and work next year on tax reform and see if they can't get the top rate back down again. it's hard to think that that's not where they're going to end up so why not make it clean

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why it is so politically controversy, phil. >> a 123 received a loan by the department of energy, $249 million loan, plannedy. they say, you took that money in order to start up a business. that is a acceseparate question to now the chinese company bought it. the wanxiang group does a lot in the auto industry if n china. now they have an american division. the china plant, not any defense business, we will talk about that in just a bit. again, a123 did receive a $249 million lone from the u.s. government. what becomes of a123 now? essentially johnson controls within also bidding during the bankruptcy process for the battery part of the business dropped out. when they said, there bidding is too rich. we don't think the price matches the assets. they dropped out. a123 does have about 3,000 employees in the u.s. this has to be approved by the committee for foreign investment. remember, this is what hatches when you have a foreign firm buying a u.s. company like this. it has to be approved and there are more than a prove, mandy and brian, in washington, saying, do we really want the

in terms of their emerging market. >> right. >> then chevron. chevron will do well as energy prices continue to ramp up. and if inflation continues to be the talk, and we are seeing that, i think you will see more. >> ty, over to you. >> thank you. the fed went on a shocker on the order of lindsay lohan saying she is staying home far month to bake cookies. we have more on ben bernanke coming up. that does if for "power lunch," ladies, gentlemen. thanks for watching. >>> welcome to a special edition of "street signs." we are minutes away from fed chairman's ben bernanke's news conference. there is a specific employment rate along with inflation target, there is a lot to talk about. let us bring in steve with more and the fed's outlook, steve? >> i think the story here today is federal reserve despite saying it will spend something like a trillion dollars in additional qe this year or next year is lowering its economic forecast. if you look at the outlook for 2012 through 2015, it actually lowered the outlook from its september forecast. take a look here. tenth off of 2012. tenth off

of this size with this type of energy. >> volunteers take her out as much as possible. >> good girl. >> but now managers of this shelter and five others in santa clara county hope a new offer will convince someone to take dogs like kona home for good. >> we're putting all of our adult animals on sale for $12. >> until the end of december that's more than $100 off for dogs and 75 off for cats. the sales pitch has already worked on miguel rivera and his pregnant wife wen di ready to add a baby and a dog to their family. >> trying to take one home. a little special right there, any dog for $12 so make a dog happy today. >> at this shelter committed to not youth niezing a single animal it's exactly what they want for the holidays. >> and, you know, we asked managers today why they seemed to see such a jump in dogs dropped off here this time of year. they say often people just can't afford to keep their pets. we're live in san jose, eric, ktvu channel 2 news. more de tails now on the adoption program. these are the six shelters that are taking part and together their fwoel is to adopt ou

. 1.6 billion on the nasdaq. the materials and financials gained 0.08%. the energy sector was up 0.07%. technology was the big drag, thanks once again to apple. over the past week apple has gone from almost $600 per share to $533, down about 9%. with the sell-off apple is about $8 above its most recent low from mid-november. there are several theories behind apple's stock drop: profit taking, disappointment over no special dividend, and more fundamental concerns about its business growth. two other big techs under some pressure today. microsoft fell 1%. it's just pennies above its low for the year. cisco systems fell 0.07%. the firm repeated today its previous earnings growth forecast. big banks were on the upswing with the further improvement in the job market, and ahead of next week's federal reserve meeting as expectations build for more economic help. j.p. morgan jumped 2.6%, it's highest price since early november. bank of america added another 1.8% to an 18 month high. a big global energy deal is one step closer tonight. late today canada okayed the buyout of nexen energy b

were fortunate enough to have time or energy or moneys to give back, you know, there is a lot that needs to be fulfilled. >> reporter: that need continues to grow. the food bank said they have seen a 100% increase in the req assistance. they say that increase is due to job loss, the economy, high cost of housing, and a number of other issues. the agency said volunteers are essential and helping them fill the needs. >> different members of our organization are used to give them back mentoring and we have to do something as a collective group to put the university of maryland out there and show we care about the community. >> reporter: the food bank distribute -- distributes 500,000 pops of food each week and they could not help the thousands in need if they didn't get the help they need from the volunteers. >> to be able to give something of our time to help people who are in need is what is critical. and you see it every day as you drive to work. you see people and you your going to work. you need to take the time to volunteer and give something to the community. >> reporter: that

our energy costs are plummeting courtesy of the cleaner, cheaper fuel, natural gas. so cheap here it can be liquefied in the united states and sold overseas at much lower prices. potential exporter dominion later tonight. that business unimpeded by washington could be brimming with jobs. a lot of projects on hold, though, fiscal cliff. yep, the obstacle is washington, all because of the need to sock it to the 2%, not the 1.5% and the over $400,000 crowd, the 1%, or the need to fulfill the anti-tax pledge of allegiance many of our congressmen made to my college chum grover norquist. i thought bill gates and chief justice roberts were powerful. he makes the other guys look like crash dummies. we're on the cusp of an economic boom in this country. but we have politicians that would rather create a recession, a mandated economic collapse, let's create a bear market versus rising above. and guess what? these enemies of wealth and job creation may get their way and win. yes, to borrow a phrase from my own rant last time we were on the brink of a washington-inspired financial disaster, t

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take the energy complex down much further. right now only 85 to 85.10. cheryl: we have plenty of supply out there right now. we are in the middle of winter. >> we have a tremendous amount of supply. we do not have much cold weather coming up near term. once the fiscal cliff starts getting resolved, you will see some buying going on. cheryl: bobby, i want to go back to you about europe. we have not had a lot of problees. seems like the greeks are kind to getting things. >> the last few days, europe markets have been pretty strong. as you said, a sleeping giant. cheryl: i do not want to see anything change. it has been nice. gentlemen, thank you. i appreciate it. great floor show today. uncertainty seems to be the norm in washington these days. last year you have the debt ceiling convey. congress had trouble putting together a deal. now the u.s. may be heading for the fiscal cliff. what does that mean for you and your investments? we have the jobs report today for a brief moment. we weren't worried about the fiscal cliff. now, we are back. what do you make of it? >> the jobs report was ok

, reenergized. pipelines, they're america's energy toll road and can provide investors with a secure source of dividends, but his investment in north dakota's oil rich bakken shale continues, cramer's looking for companies that are ready to expand. don't miss the ceo of enbridge energy. all coming up on "mad money." >>> moments like this when everybody is terrified that our economy could slide back into a government induced recession next year, i got to start looking at high quality companies that are immunized against this slowing economy. for example biotech companies that can thrive even during a recession, because that's the type of thing you don't cut back on, no matter what. this week we caught one of those medical conferences that will tell you which ones have the most upside. it's the american academy of pharmaceutical companies. i'm highlighting not one but two small cap biotechs. let's start with immunogen. it develops next generation cancer drugs that allow chemotherapy agents to directly target a tumor. immunogen rose from $11.50 to about $18 on bullish expectations about

new report from the energy information administration. daily production, daily output, averaged almost 6.5 million barrels per day in september, the highest level of oil output in the u.s. since 1998. eia says the increase is mostly due to the extraction process known as fracking, new technology to get oil in every nook and cranny. some coined a phrase saudi america for america's projected energy boom over the next decade. a report from last month from the international energy watchdog says the u.s. could unseat saudi arabia as the world's top oil producer by the year 2020. >>> quick market check this morning, u.s. stock futures are up, fiscal cliff uncertainty could continue to weigh on stocks until it's resolved. we're getting a lot of economic news this week with the jobs report on friday. so i expect to see hurricane sandy was at play in there. >> figuring into that report. looking forward to that. >>> first it was republicans throwing the president's fiscal cliff plan right back at him. now it's the president's turn. he rejected an offer that included no raise in tax rates

mcmoran tried to assure investors today that getting into the energy business doesn't mean the company is turning its back on mining. under the deal, freeport will pay $6.9 billion for plains exploration and production and $2.1 billion for mcmoran exploration, a sister company it was separated from a couple of decades ago. the deal would also leave freeport with $20 billion of debt. freeport executives say getting into oil and natural gas would help diversify the company and keep more of its assets in north america, where there's a huge shale gas boom. they estimate by next year freeport will derive a little more than a quarter of its profits from energy and the rest from mining, versus 100% from mining today. the company says it thinks demand for commodities, especially energy, will continue to grow. that could help offset the increased difficulty mining companies are having trying to find new projects in regions outside the u.s. and with interest rates currently at historic lows, the timing was right to ink the two deals. diane eastabrook, "n.b.r.," chicago. >> tom: daniel ro

the u.s. oil could go down to $50 a barrel. the american energy beam outside right now--this pushes the demand for all to go down along with the pulse. if this is a good thing and this is one of the things that is open the markets right now. cars are doing well for america. gm is doing well for america. >> we are hearing that there is a lot oil sitting at refineries. they stated that we have not build a refinery since 1976. do we need to build more refineries? >> good luck with that. no one else will do it. we set our oil refineries to other companies to have them do it, to dirty their in violence. >> thank you rob for the updates. >> it is not too much that we should be concerned with. most of the shower reactivity is to our east. i do want to as soon man around the bay area because we did see ran round the san rafael bridge. you may need to use your windshield wipers. we are picking up some light rain over portions of highway 24. we are dry right now in san francisco and the same as for the 880 corridor. let's take a look that highway 1 there is a lot of green on your screen and w

of audi event. >>> here in the united states, we're sitting on titanic amounts of energy that's both cheaper and cleaner than coal or oil, talking about natural gas. but we end up burning off millions of cubic feet of it a day because we don't have enough demand since our government refuses to support embracing nat gas for service vehicles. while we probably aren't going to use it ourselves, last time we got good news in the form of a government report. commissioned by the department of energy that gave its blessing to the idea of exporting the fuel via liquefied natural gas terminals, it's a positive for the natural gas stocks. maybe the biggest beneficiary and you might not have thought of it, dominion resources, letter "d." it's a major utility for providing electricity to customers in west virginia, pennsylvania, and north carolina. the company used to have an oil and gas business but sold that off years ago at the top. dominion now is a gas ticker as they hope to build an export facility in maryland and it seems more likely this project will be approved in the wake of yesterday'

economic assistance, energy assistance to north korea. but then, again, the chinese had a high-level visit to north korea the day before that they announced that they were going to do this missile launch. so, even the chinese, i think, are quite frustrated. but at the same time, i would imagine that they're also not willing to completely abandon the north koreans, because they don't want to see instability in the north, which would then suggest instability along their border. and that is something they don't want to see. so china is really the country that has the most influence, and yet it's very difficult to move them to a place where the united states, japan, south korea, the other members of the six-party talks would like china to go, which is to put more pressure on the north, such that they stop these sorts of provocations and stop their missile and nuclear programs. who does have influence over pyongyang? even the chinese are quite frustrated but at the same time i would imagine that they are also not willing to completely abandon the north koreans because they don't want to s

everywhere. so for those of us who have been fortunate enough to have time or energy or money to give back, you know, there's a lot of needs to be fulfilled. >> reporter: that need continues to grow. the food bank says they have seen a 100% increase in the number of people looking for food assistance. they say that increase is due to job loss, the economy, high cost of housing and a number of other issues. the agency says volunteers are essential in helping them fill those needs. >> different members of our organization are used to giving back mentoring. we just wanted to do something as a collective group to show we care about the community. >> reporter: the food bank distributes 500,000 pounds of each a week. they say they couldn't help the thousands in need if they didn't get the help they need from the volunteers. >> to be able to give something of our time to help people who are in need is what's critical and you see it every day as you're driving to work. you see people in need. you're going to work. you need to take the time to volunteer and give something to the community. >>

former national security advisor general james jones will headline a panel looking at u.s. energy policy, national security and what lies ahead following the 2012 election. the session begins at 8:30 a.m. that's your capital rundown for the week of december 10th, 2012. you'll find us on www.myfoxdc.com and on twitter #capitalrundown. i'm tom fitzgerald.t week. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this...all that prowling around. yeah, you're the king of the jungle. have you thought about going vegan carl? hahaha!! you know folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than antelope with night-vision goggles. nice! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmmm. [ female announcer ] make new traditions with pillsbury grands! cinnamon rolls. [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. everything has to be just right. perf

energy efficient tree. the theme remains the same but the technology improves things. encourage viewers to come down and see not only the national tree but the state and territorial trees. >> let's talk about a couple others. we have a picture of the 1978 tree. >>> the 1978 tree served our country well. it was here for 32 years. that's the other thing is this is a live living tree. it's planted here, it grows here. and the 78 tree was here for 32. the tree behind us is from the state of virginia and great future down here too. >> and we also have a picture of the 83 tree. >> 83 tree was just our 78 tree five years later. what we do is change the theme and how the tree is decorated each year. ge has been lighting the tree for 50 years. they'll change the theme of the tree. but again, it's a living tree. >> it says a lot that the presidents are very busy and obviously president obama is very busy right now. a lot going on in his world but the presidents always make time to come light the tree. >> it's part of history. and it's point in time that brings our whole country together. it's a c

government shows exporting u.s. natural gas overseas has the potential to reshape the global energy markets. the obama administration has said the study will be central to the decision on whether to export. he said exporting the gas would be a bigger impact on the economy. >> slap in the face of dow chemical. of coke, not coke the beverage company. but this was something that was hotly disputed within the romney campaign. he really let this stuff go because the romney campaign had some very big givers that were chemical companies. >> do we know, say, very bad, how much will prices conceivableably go up if we become an exporter of natural gas? is it that great a difference? >> we burn offer more natural gas than we use. burn off, in other words literally, you see those flames, we flare more than we use. so we got a real excess of this stuff. >> the government says that the -- 6.6% of current u.s. consumption. >> why would prices move that dramatically at all? wouldn't they just come down globally? >> the average, our $16 goes to $4. it costs $7 to get stuff from the united states. >> you sho

it fell into the red for the rest of the day. health care, energy, and technology led today's decline as all ten s&p sectors posted a loss. retail sales rising in november as demand for automobiles rebounded and shoppers hit the stores in the holiday season. a report says sales road .3% last month reversing the previous month's decrease. on the other hand, there's a retail analyst saying there is bad news mixed in with the good. the number of americans piling new applications for unemployment benefits falling the fourth week in a row, dropping 29,000 to a seasonally adjusted 343,000. the prior week was revised up by 237 # 2 as often happens with these numbers. liz? liz: interesting day of trade, mark in the pits of the cme, and ryan says it's time to implement a barbell strategy. he'll explain how he envisionings that, and chris telling us why he's leaving u.s. equities and putting his money to work overseas, but where? starting with mark at the cme. we were careen, and the mouthpieces in washington spoke and it fell. something else at work here 1234 >> you know, i think it's

square. could nat gas exports boost the u.s. economy? a new report from the energy department says natural gas prices won't rise with export expansion and revenues from the move could actually benefit americans. the findings helping to boost companies proposing export projects like energy. several members of congress oppose large scale exports. so is the boom imminent? let's bring in a cnbc contributor. dan, in terms of the impact on prices, you would think that with the glut here the ability to send it off overseas would provide some support for this market. >> it will. the problem is there's enormous lag time between the time you get a chance to permit and the time you can start exporting. it's usually four years at the minimum. also anywhere -- well, if you're taking, for example, a plant where you're turning it from an import plant to an export plant, that's cheap, only cost you $2 billion. but if you're trying to start from scratch and build an export l & g plant, that can cost you $10 billion. very heavy money going in, very heavy infrastructure and a big bet on that differen

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. branching out into the energy sector, starbucks not only $450 made of steel gift cards, but talk about opening 3000 new stars, citigroup 11,000, job layoffs and bank of america had to put this one on here, guys. up 5% today. this is the best performing dow component so far this yearras we head into the final trading days of the year. bank of america doing very well coming above the $10 mark that has not been there for quite some time. look at the dow 30, only five stocks right now in the red. still looking pretty good to end the session. liz: yesterday intel was one of the better performers. today it is the worst performer of the dow jones industrial. looking at the fickle number, what about u.s. stocks against other opportunities read >. >> all of a sudden up nicely, i think they have been whacked and a goodbye right here. >> they are not transparent enough. many are swirling around, you're okay? >> never you own a monopoly, they don't like to make compromises. liz: december 14 visit 14 is a. >> they are due to get the iphone. liz: what other areas do you like with china? if people ar

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department of energy is using brent crude oil as its benchmark for crude oil prices rather than wti. you might see funds start to liquid date the positions if that's not the benchmark that the energy department is going to use. >> i think both you and rich made valid points but at the same time i want to look at the middle east. we had some developments out of syria, the new continues there. how much is this a middle east premium priced into the crude price at this point, how much is it providing a support? >> jackie i think it's less than what it was three or four weeks ago when you had israel and gaza fighting. when you look at the news today hillary clinton met with the russian foreign minister, syria's biggest ally is russia. if russia tells them you have to calm down they'll calm down. >> you think they're going lower. are you buying or selling oil slide? logon to futuresnow.cnbc.com and vote in our poll, we'll give you the results on our website and while there catch today's show, we have investment guru curtis arlidge of bny mellon and tune in to that and doug cass will revea

. tomorrow. nicole, let's get to you at the new york stock exchange with eyes on a possible energy takeover. >> reporter: i agree with you, liz. adam used to say a lot of cute things, the woman who loves the cleveland browns, little tidbits about liz claman. i enjoyed it too, adam, go back to that. [laughter] a hot stock to watch, and that's walter. when you look at walter energy, basically, we've been hearing that bhp billiton are said to be eyeing the coal producer, so this is according to british newspapers about whether or not anonymous sources are saying that bhp is stepping in. then there's others who are saying that it's glencore. everybody wants to take over walter industries, this is all, of course, just speculation that we're reading from the sources and on the wires, and that explains why you see this coal producer jumping 6%. big move for walter energy today, back to you. liz: nicole, suddenly the dow has doubled its gains, we were up about 14, 15 points, we're now up 31, 32. sandra, what are you looking at? >> i want to bring up an intraday chart, and while a 32-point gain isn'

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in september. the energy information administration says daily production averaged 6.5 million barrels. that is 16% increase from one year ago. >>> starbucks planning to add 3,000 stores over the next five years with at least half of them in the u.s. the coffee giant expects more than 20,000 stores on six continents within just two years. >>> zappos ceo pledges one million dollars to help bring college grads to las vegas. graduates will work to support sin city start us small businesses and real estate projects. >>> research firm idc says greater variety among tablets is boosting demand but more players could not be good news for apple. the firm expects apple's market share to drop 3% of the part of that report brought the stock down today. >>> amazon launching service for kindles including movies, games and books. $2.99 per child for amazon's prime members. [buzzer] great, more movies and games on a kindle. david: just what they need port workers in los angeles and long beach are returning to work today. thank goodness, it was costing billions each day after reaching aing deal

and operates in energy infrastructure rent paid their earnings. it certainly was one with high demand and moved up 28% back to you. >> you get the next two days of. dave: we all do saying good this. is in the futures closing. the look is at the cme looking at all futures -- we did have this nice little rise at the end of the trading day. did it continue after hours? >> a little bit. not too much. looking at next week you wanted a attention to the fed analysis and watch any fiscal cliff tops. the key level support in the s&p, really what chapel which was beat up quite a lot here recently. you see a turnaround in the stock market and the nasdaq might turn to the upside as well. >> after causing billions of dollars of damage, eric king -- >> shares of generator maker holdings up double digits since the storm hit and the company on a hiring spree. jeff flock live in wisconsin with an exclusive look at the manufacturing facility. i know a lot of neighbors up there in the northeast buying generators. jeff: you can't make them fast enough. this is the generator capital of the world's. they'r

. energy stocks having a pretty good day. s&p is also up about seven points trading right now at 1,414. the nasdaq remains the laggard of the day. what an interesting day there it's been not only at nasdaq marketsite but an ipo that couldn't get out of the blocks. certainly what's taking place with shares of apple? let's throw up apple right here. the nasdaq rebounding a bit but apple shares having their worst day in about a year. a significant loss for that stock. $24-plus for shares of apple in the losing column today. let's hit the biggest "pops & drops" in midday trading. hp. it's popping. >> yeah. this company was the victim of hate bashing party a couple of weeks ago on the autonomy acquisition. i think it was the sentiment low in the stock. it's up here. i prefer dell over hp though. >> waste management. >> if you're looking for a pe that is appetizing, it is a 15-year. dividend is 4.4%. goldman sachs actually cleaning dawn in the trash area from conviction buy on one of the names also lifted this thing as well. >> veriphone. >> jbs upgraded this to a $39. they will be strong. it is

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. should benefit the financials. energy is a wild card next year. that's what we should be allocating. >> rick, if we go over the fiscal cliff, you have to believe there will be a lot of hoarding of assets, sitting on money. maybe we get more action and fixed income. >> i think what nobody is talking about, you with allude to it constantly, and i'm in your camp. the damage is done. it's evident by many of these reports. even if they come up with a 13th hour settlement, even if they come up with good reform, some of the adjustments that have already been made or have been in the process of being made have already done a lot of damage that we didn't need. we already shot ourselves in the foot on this one. in terms of housing, you know, the shadow inventory that's been tied up in litigation, we could see as many as 20 million of those come on the market in 2013. even though i agree with the guest, there's a lot of different forms of the housing market. some of them are going to be under pressure due to this avalanche of shadowed foreclosure in 2013. >> ben, the groups you want to own in

, for us, we're a supplier not only to defense but also in the commercial markets, energy, and medical. it has already caused this uncertainty, roadw uncertainty, a reduction in the amount of work we're doing, and it's prevented us from hiring in some of our plants. >> you're holding back, then. you're holding back on hiring, waiting to see how this thing plays itself out. presuming they don't go over the cliff, they come to some agreement, does that mean you would hire more workers? >> right now it's very frustrating that we don't have issues decided here. so, yes, we have plants that can be ramping up to supply in the defense industry. until we know with certainty what's going to happen with the cuts, we're not going to be hiring in those plants. >> we're going to bring in now howard dean, who i believe is joining us. thank you for joining us. i hope that you've also been listening to what dawn had to say. she's been basically saying it would hurt her company. it's already affecting her hiring decisions. it would hurt the defense industry as well. so why do you feel that going over t

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european growth outlook. we saw the dollar strengthen. that has weighed on commodity prices. energy prices in particular across the board with the wti contract closing at a three-week low. we're looking at pressure across the board in the energy sector. that's good news for people driving over the holidays. we're looking at gas prices coming down. futures market and prices at the pump, only ten cents higher than a year ago. back to you guys. >> sharon, thank you. well, consumer reports out with a new report on ford's top hybrids and their big mileage claims. the results, let's just say, are not ideal for ford. phil lebeau joining us here. what is the news? >> essentially we're talking about the ford fusion hybrid and the ford c-max hybrid. both of those models claim, according to ford, they are believed to get 47 miles per hour. that's how ford advertises them. that's on the sticker eer on t windows. consumer reports brought them in, did the testing. according to consumer reports, the fusion and c-max hybrids do not get 47 miles per hour. the c-max gets 37 miles per gallon. those ar

corporations, is a very good thing. the amount of energy that's spent on trying to optimize your tax payment, as opposed to managing your business, is a tradeoff we shouldn't be making. so i agree with you entirely on that. i think the other piece of this is getting to entitlements. >> hmm. >> frits, want to thank you very much for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> coming up we're going to talk to an analyst about the surprising same-store sales numbers that we got from mcdonald's. plus jim cramer on other stocks you need to watch. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. ♪ welcome to the world

. delivery to market is slashed. energy prices are much cheaper. your work force is more productive and less likely to go out on strike. stuart: wait, wait a minute. the work force in america is more productive and less likely to go on strike than china, is that right? >> in china you have one wild cat strike after another, and suicide. and they make the products for apple said 10,000 robots and in 2014 one million. wh you have robot production, that minimizes china's cheap labor. and in california where they have facilities with robots it's just as cheap orrer than a robot in shin sheng. you wait a minute how come you're so wrong, china hasn't collapsed. >> i said it would occur in a decade, but you see the problems there, the economy is stumping and the central government is eroding and china people are taking to the streets. so, the wheels are coming off china. >> you're going to be right eventually. >> soon. stuart: within the next two years? >> maybe sooner than that. stuart: very interesting, gor n gordonment thanks as always. it's 9:29 almost 9:50, we're up ten bucks. the south korean

down on green energy and find out how much the taxpayer will have to shell out this time around. and also new at 10, enough obamacare laws are starting to go into effect and for restaurants across the country. one new regulation that could cost businesses millions, again, that's coming up the top of the hour and it will be new at 10. something serious going on here, there are reports that syria is mixing chemical weapons and loading them into bombs. sarin gas is theeprecise weapons grade material they're talking about here. nbc news reports that the the syrian military is waiting for orders from president al-assad to drop the bombs on its own civilians. the united states warned any use of chemical weapons would trigger western intervention. secretary of state hillary clinton meets russian diplomates and syria, chemical weapons, they will be discussed. and now to egypt. five people dead after huge protests in the streets of cairo and hurled rocks, fire bombs to protest morsi's seizure of near unrestricted powers and rush-through adoption of the quickly drafted constitution by the musl

the energy business making two acquisitions. plains exploration and mcmoran exploration. >>> concerns over the u.s. economy as adp misses estimates. the blame goes to superstorm sandy. goldman says the party is officially over for gold. >> starbucks at an investors conference will add 1,500 stores in the u.s. over the next five years. wait until you hear what they said about china. >> a big day in media. pandora ceo joins us live later this morning as the stock fell nearly 20% on weak guidance and netflix signs a big exclusive with disney. how much are they having to pay up for that? >>> let's deal with this big deal. as i've been telling you we'll see a lot of big deals -- i was wrong. here we are. freeport mcmoran buying not one but two companies. the combined price if you add it all together gets close to $20 billion. that does include debt. let's go through some of the details. it's somewhat complex. let's start with bigger of the two deals. freeport's purchase of plains. approximately $6.9 billion in total now. it's a cash and stock deal. .6531 shares and 39 bucks a

perform very, very well. energy stocks higher earlier, drifting lower, that has the dow's lead from the highs of the session. lastly we want to note that dovert corporation, took the stock down a couple of points. >> no t.o. the nasdaq now, everybody is talking about apple once again down here, but there is a lot more happening at the nasdaq than just apple today. >> absolutely. but let's lead with apple. jeffries hitting the take. could see decelerating growth, negative, margin leverage. elsewhere in tech, we are seeing green across the screen. hp, rising speculation that carl icon is interested in the company. that stock is outperforming today. lastly, the tablet wars heating up. barnes & noble named as part of barons top ten favorite stocks for 2013. the nook reader unit is holding its own against amazon and apple and these developments are not reflected in shares of bks. that's why you can see barnes & noble trading around 6%. sue? >> seema, thanks. rick san tellry is tracking action at the 162 on ten-year. what are they watching today, ricky? >> once treasuries opened today, we